Improvement in wagon-boxes



T. JENNINGS.

WAGONBOX. 4 Patented Nom-2,1875.

UNITED STATES PATENTn OFFICE. f

TIMOTHY JENNINes, or MoULToN, IowA.

IMPROVEMENT I N WAGON-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,444, dated November 2, 1875 application filed June 5, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, TIMOTHY JENNINGS, of Moulton, in the county of Appanoose and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Wagon-Box, of which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a sectional side elevation of my improved wagon-box, Figs. 2 and 3, respectively, top and end views, showing end-gate construction, and Fig. 4 a perspective view of end-gate guide-strap.

Similar letter-sof reference indicate corresponding parts;

The invention relates 'to the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing, A represents a wagon body or box, whose side boards B are securely and rigidly applied to the bottom part C by end straps D, which are provided at the inside with grooved cleats or guides a for the endgates. rlhe lower threaded bolt ends b of the end straps are firmly bound l by screw-nuts to the under sideot the bottom part C, and the upper parts of the straps riveted to the inside ot" the side boards. A sleeve, d, ofthe strap D projects through a hole oi' the side board, and is fastened in position by a screw-nut, d', turned on the outer threaded end of sleeve d. The lateral rods E, that bind the side boards and endgate together, pass through the sleeves d, and the perforated stifi'ening-ribs e of the end-gates F screw with their 'threaded ends into the internally-threaded perforations of the fastening-straps, their opposite handle ends serving to insert and detach them. The end-gates F are slid into the guides a of the side straps, and then rigidly secured by the lateral binding-rods, which hold end-gate and side boards firmly together, but leave the side boards, when taken out by means of the side straps and intermediate connecting-bolts, in rigid position on the bottom. The detachable top box G is constructed in the same manner as the side boards with side straps D', that are provided with guide-flanges for the top rear gate.v rIhe top rear gate F is secured by a lateral stiiIening-rod, E', passing through the sleeves of the side straps and the perforated ribs ot the endgate in the same manner as the end-gates of the body. A dashboard, H, takes the place of the front gate of the detachable box, and is applied to the forwardinclined extension of the bracketribs e ofthe front end-gate to be detachable therewith. Flanged guides f serve to slide the inclined front ends of thetop side boards B', which are steadily secured to the main side boards B by outer side stays g, of T-shaped crosssection, into corresponding staples g of the lower side box.

The wagon-body may at any time be used with or without top box, which forms a rigidlyattached extension of the same. `The diti'erent binding straps and stays connect the body in a solid and durable manner, so as to impart to it the required strength and resistance to heavy loads, while they may be readily replaced without difticulty when they get broken or injured by use.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new'and-desire to secure by LettersV Patent- The combination of the front end board and dash-board, perforated, bent, and vribbed straps or plates e connecting said boards, the grooved straps D,having bolts b, rods E E, the top box B and body B of the wagon, all as shown and described.

TIMOTHY JENNINGS.

Witnesses; f

L. R1 BUCK, L. FAWBEL. 

